Cattle-stanchion.



[Appzication mea septf zo, 1901.-) (In Modal.)

WITNESSES: f INVENTOR n a4 TTORNE YS.

UNITED STATES` 1 AfrnNr FFICE.-

DONALD F. MCLENNAN, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 715,843, dated December 16, 1902- Application filed September 20,1901. Serial No. 75,851. (No model.)

struction thereof so that the animal will be enabled to move forward and backward within certain limitations and also allow it to swing the head around toward the body; and to that end my invention consists in the several new and novel features of construction and operation which are hereinafter fully described, and specifically set forth in the claims hereto annexed.

The construction is as follows, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l shows a side view of the stanchion in operation and some of the parts in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the righthand half of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a cross-section, enlarged, on line o@ x of Fig. l.

My improved stanchion is mounted between an upper bar l and a lower bar or framework 2.

3 and 4 are vertically-arranged bars, their lower ends extending inwardly, as shown, and

vprovided with eyes 5 in said ends, engaging' with the eye 6, secured in the lower bar 2, thereby forming a hinge connection. The upper ends of said bars approach each other, the bar 4 having the inner face constructed concave, as shown at 7, and the upper end of the bar 3 adapted to rest in the cavity, as shown in Figs. l and 2 of the drawings. It

will thus be observed that the bars 3 and 4,v which embrace the neck of the animal, will Ythe purpose described.

always hold said bar in a vertical position and not allow it to drop down to a position of the bar S'indicated by dotted lines in Fig. I.

Upon the bar 1 is mounted a frame 9, having an upturned edge l0, in which at regular intervals are mounted hails Il, each of which is adapted to engage with the upper end of a bar 3, so as to hold it in engagement with the concave end 7 of the bar 4, thereby locking them together when in use. This bracket or frame 9 is adapted to slide longitudinally on the bar l, so that when desired all of the stanchions may be unlocked by moving the hails to the position shown by dotted lines Fig. 2, or they may be all locked together. In the event, however, of my desiring to keep any one or more of the stanchions from being unlocked, I provide a ring, which I throw over the top of the upper end of the bars 3 and 4,

Vor I mayprovide a pin, which shall hold them in engagement.

Having described my invention, what I now claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

I. An animal-stanchion comprising separate upright bars swivel-supported at one end,

and swinging horizontally independently of each other, one end of one of the bars being seated in the adjacent end of the other bar yandhaving independent movement toward and away from the other bar, and sliding means for effecting said independent movement inrone direction.

V2. An animal-stanchion comprising lower and upper supports, separate upright bars rocking horizontally independently of each other and having offset ends pivotally secured to the supports, the upper end of one of the bars having an open-sided bearing for the adjacent end of the other har, the said adjacent end having an independent lateral movement toward and away from said bearing for 3. An animal-stanchion comprising lower and upper supports, separate upright bars having oset ends pivotally secured to the supports, said bars rocking horizontally independently of each other, the upper end of one of the bars having an open-sided bearing for the adjacent end of the other bar, said adjacent end having an independent movement toward and away from said bearing for IOO locking and releasing the animal, and a slidl ing member on the upper support having means for engaging and moving the said adjacent end toward said bearing.

4. An animal-stancbion comprising lower and upper supports, separate upright bars having,r offset ends pivotally secured to the supports, said bars havingindependent horizontal rocking movement, the upper end of one of the bars having an open-sided bearing for the adjacent end of the other bar, said adjacent end having an independent movement toward and away from said bearing for the purpose described, a sliding member on the upper support and a hinged member on the sliding member controlling the movement of said adjacent end. r

In. Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand on this 6th day of September, 1901.

DONALD F. MCLENNAN.

Vitnesses:

HOWARD l). DENIsoN, JEssIE M. HAMMEKEN. 

